Civil War Vocabulary

What is the definition of Abolition?

• a religious movement

• the act of ending slavery

• the belief that alcohol should be illegal

• the belief that women should also have the right to vote

What is an amendment?

• a law making slavery legal

• states leaving the US to start their own country

• an addition to the Constitution

• a law banning alcohol in the US

What is an assassination?

• to commit murder for political reasons

• to declare a law unconstitutional

• the remove the president from office

• to put an end to slavery

What does it mean to cede?

• to give women the right to vote

• to add more homes to your town

• to declare a law unconstitutional

• give up territory

What is a civil war?

• a war started by an invasion

• a war between people in the same country

• a small border dispute between 2 countries

• a fight over property

What is sectionalism?

• to be concerned only with local issues

• to worry about the fate of the entire country

• the belief that all men are created equal

• deciding to get rid of the Constitution

What is the Confederacy?

• alliance of Canada and Great Britain against the US

• alliance of the western states against the US during the Civil War

• alliance of northern states against the south during the Civil War

• alliance of southern states in support of slavery

What does the term "Union" mean?

• the states that Abe Lincoln lived in
• the states that have letters "A" in them
• the states that were left over after annexation
• the states that remained in the United States

What does "Emancipation" mean?

• the freeing of birds
• the freeing of poles
• the freeing of people
• the freeing of soldiers from war

One who flees or tries to escape

• fugitive
• the students of Fireside
• abolitionist
• arsenal